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    high level of gastrointestinal diseases and anemia, especially among women and children, infant mortality and birth defects. Depletion and pollution of water resources, and TZ problems associated with intensive development of resources of the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan belongs to the category of countries with a large deficit of water resources. Currently, water bodies are polluted heavily in mining, metallurgical and chemical industries, utilities and cities represent a real environmental threat

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    The Setting The Russian expansionist policy was a natural corollary to its geography. Situated on the cross road between Europe and Asia, Russia had a position of advantage for expanding its influence in both the directions. As for its own frontier, Russia was in a very unfavourable position. In the north, the Arctic region was frozen for a great part of the year – both in the Tundras and the Seas. On the East, towards the Pacific, the Russians had to come in open contestation with the Chinese empire

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    Methodology Overview In this study research focuses on interviews with political officials, experts and secondary data collection and analysis. The main part of the research stems from interviews in Azerbaijan- 5 interviews, 2 interviews in Beijing, and two Skype interviews with international experts. Totally, I had 9 respondents to conduct my research. Of these, I did 7 face to face interviews, and other 2 interviews were conducted via Skype video call. On January I travelled to Azerbaijan, Baku

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    I Hate Reading

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    I hate reading. This mantra ran through my head with the bitter intensity of a six-year-old's anger. I could be watching the crackling fireplace with imagined fairies that darted through the flame and lived in houses made of burning wood. I could be climbing the trees with branches that stretched twig fingers toward the endless sky. I could normally be doing a myriad of different possibilities, but not today. My mother claimed I needed to learn to read before second grade began, and trapped me in

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    C.S Lewis created a magical, magnificently divine realm where the beauty of nature and its creatures comes to life. C.S Lewis did an extraordinary job in incorporating the major literary themes of Romanticism such as chaos, children, the others/outsider and imagination. Narnia strategically uses allegory, such as Christianity to take the reader on a journey that displays the message of young innocence, salvation, and hope. “Daughter of Eve...it is not something that I have done...I’m doing it

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    Humanity’s Sinful Nature and Edmund Pevensie Humanity is a beautiful force of nature, but just as an ocean in beautiful, it is also treacherous. Human nature is sinful in nature,“No one has to teach a child to lie or be selfish; rather, we go to great lengths to teach children to tell the truth and put others first. Sinful behavior comes naturally.” (“What is the sin nature?”, 2017). C.S. Lewis wrote a series of books called The Chronicles of Narnia and in one of these named “The Lion, the Witch

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    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe written by C.S. Lewis is quite an example of a hero’s journey. This book details four siblings, Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy, as they adventure into a magical wardrobe, and the magical land it leads to, Narnia. Through a cold winter, a evil witch and a great lion, these siblings make their way through Narnia. Stage 1: The Call To Adventure The Call to Adventure would be Lucy finding, and travelling through, the magical wardrobe to Narnia. A she explores her

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    Christian Symbolism in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis was a brilliant author known for his fictional novels as well as his Christian apologetics works. Religion was a large part of his life, and he utilized such themes throughout his fiction books. The first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, exemplifies such overlap. Lewis inserted fundamental Christian themes into this novel, allowing his religion to influence his work. C. S

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    The Childlike and Biblical Connotations in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe     Throughout his writing career, CS Lewis has been known for writing many books with a hint of biblical connotations in them. As Kathryn Lindskoog states, "CS Lewis is known for opposing the spirit of modern thought with the unpopular Christian doctrines of sin and evil" (2083). Lewis himself has said, "You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of

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    Christianity has been my religion and my identity for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a household with parents that pointed me to God every chance they got and siblings that were in and out of the house going on various mission trips. From the very beginning, I have been rooted in the strong faith that was shown to me, even though my age didn’t always enable me to fully comprehend the basics of it. My family did not necessarily pile into the minivan every Sunday in habit of going to church

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